Monthly Archives: November 2016

Someone in the comments to yesterday’s post mentioned that you could spend a month talking about the families whose names encircle the border of the map. (Don’t be afraid, I’m not going to do that.) It did strike me as … Continue reading →

Among the things that have arrived in the Woodson this week are some issues of a defunct Houston magazine called the Gargoyle. This publication was launched in 1928 as the first real Houston city magazine and it survived into the … Continue reading →

I was flipping through a file of exterior shots of Abercrombie Lab when this one just jumped out at me: Do you see where it was taken from? The roof of the Chemistry Building! It’s dated 1950 and I’m basically … Continue reading →

Sometimes technology that seems obsolete really isn’t but I think this one is actually fit for no purpose today. I came across this small fuzzy photo of the new Addressograph system in a copy of the March, 1958 Sallyport. I wonder … Continue reading →